Dance Your Prayers and Enliven the Forces of Creation
12/29/2009 - By Lisa Michaels
Dancing Prayers
Musical Rhythms reflect the patterns of the cosmos. Dancing your divine body temple, with intention, to this sacred pulse activates the elemental forces within, bringing your creations into being.
A temple is a structure reserved for spiritual activities, such as prayer and the worship of a divinity. Often seen as the dwelling place of the Divine, a temple provides sacred containment for reverence and devotion.
The body is often referred to as a holy vessel or a temple. Understanding and aligning with Spirit within your body temple can provide you with a clear and direct inner path to the Divine. Hidden among the layers of skin, muscle, blood, and bone resides the creational glue of the universe.
Comprised of the fundamental forces - Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit your body provides you with a portal to the core essence of creation. The rich matter that makes up your cells flows in harmony with the universe when you honor the forces of the Divine within.
Just as an outer world temple becomes enlivened by the prayers of the people within its walls, the Divine within responds to your devotion and reverence. By moving your body as you pray, you also enliven the forces of creation that live inside your body temple.
With conscious movement you activate your earthen physical container, your watery emotional energy, your intention through the mental air realm, your fiery life force, and your spiritual soul essence expression. When these elements in your body move to the tempo of music you literally dance your prayers into being.
From the beating of your own heart drum, to the rising and setting of the sun, nature’s elemental forces of creation provide the rhythmic pulse for your sacred dance of life. Dancing your prayers into being, as you honor the Divine within,
forms an entry point for the forces of creation to assist you in bringing grace into every area of your life.
Lisa Michaels, author of Natural Rhythms ~ Connect the Creational Dance of Your Life to the Pulse of the Universe, helps people connect to the divine dance within. As a former 500-pupil ballet school owner she understands and appreciates dance from both the structured and free form perspective. Lisa is currently serving as the Vice President of the Sacred Dance Guild. http://www.sacreddanceguild.org You can find more information about Lisa and the Elemental Forces of Creation at http://naturalrhythms.org.
